LSU New Orleans def. Nicholls 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 29)

FinalThu, Oct 29, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Nicholls 77.7% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 29, 6:25 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

LSU New Orleans won at Nicholls 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-21) on Thu, Oct 29, 2026. LSU New Orleans 's Armie Hall led with 11 kills, and Vladana Ristic added 20 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:35 PM CT · final Oct 29

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UNO	25	25	25	3
NICHST	15	17	21	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

RallyIQ gave LSU New Orleans 22%. LSU New Orleans won anyway.

The match turned once; each line shows LSU New Orleans 's RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. Nicholls went in at 78% by RallyIQ.

Turning point 1: Set 3 · LSU New Orleans 22–21 Nicholls
3 straight LSU New Orleans points stretched a 22–21 lead to 25–21.
LSU New Orleans 84% → >99%

Nicholls above 50LSU New Orleans belowMax swing 6.5%

LSU New Orleans Nicholls

Sideout %: LSU New Orleans 67.3·Nicholls 47.9
Break %: LSU New Orleans 52.1·Nicholls 32.7
Hitting: LSU New Orleans .231·Nicholls .052
Longest run: LSU New Orleans 5·Nicholls 3

Armie Hall
2 of her kills came in the stretches above. 11 K, .286, 13 points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Nicholls above 50 · LSU New Orleans below

Biggest swing: 6.5% to LSU New Orleans — set 3, UNO 24-21 NICHST. Kill by Armie Hall (set by Vladana Ristic). NICHST win probability 9% → 3%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UNO 25.9%74.1% NICHST

LSU New Orleans wins

3-0

4.6%

3-1

8.9%

3-2

12.4%

Nicholls wins

3-0

26.3%

3-1

28.3%

3-2

19.4%

UNO break %: 40.9% vs this opp
NICHST break %: 45.9% vs this opp

Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Armie HallKill+6.5%
Kill by Armie Hall (set by Vladana Ristic)
Set 3 · UNO 24-21 NICHST · UNO 91% → 97%
02
Armie HallKill+6.4%
Kill by Armie Hall (set by Rylie Hallman)
Set 3 · UNO 23-21 NICHST · UNO 84% → 91%
03
Derin Nur AydinAttack error+5.6%
Attack error by Derin Nur Aydin
Set 3 · UNO 22-21 NICHST · NICHST 10% → 16%
04
Zahahrah Edwards-WyllieAttack error+4.4%
Attack error by Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie
Set 3 · UNO 22-18 NICHST · UNO 91% → 96%
05
Nyakuak Lual&Ryan WilliamsBlock+4.4%
Madison Smith stuffed by Nyakuak Lual & Ryan Williams
Set 3 · UNO 16-13 NICHST · UNO 82% → 86%
06
NichollsService error+4.3%
Nicholls service error
Set 3 · UNO 21-18 NICHST · UNO 87% → 91%
07
Amelie ShalfoonAttack error+4.3%
Attack error by Amelie Shalfoon
Set 3 · UNO 19-15 NICHST · UNO 88% → 92%
08
Laura PivaKill+4.1%
Kill by Laura Piva (set by Defne Eciroglu)
Set 3 · UNO 17-13 NICHST · UNO 86% → 90%

Box score

Official NCAA box

LSU New Orleans away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
16Armie HallOH	3	11	3	28	.286	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	13
7Olivia BartrinaOH	3	8	1	26	.269	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	8
14Nyakuak LualMB	3	3	0	6	.500	1	3	2	2	0	1	0.5	6.5
10Rylie HallmanS	3	0	0	0	–	18	3	3	5	0	0	0	3
22Alana PierceMB	3	0	1	6	-.167	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	2
3Ava FrermanOH	2	3	1	8	.250	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3
1Ania AndersonOH	3	5	3	19	.105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
9Vladana RisticL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	2	1	20	0	0	0	2
8Defne EcirogluS	3	0	0	0	–	10	0	2	7	0	0	0	0
4Mia LopezL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	8	1	0	0	0
5Ryan WilliamsOH	2	8	1	18	.389	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
11Laura PivaOH	1	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15Derin Nur AydinMB	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	12	117	.231	37	8	11	60	2	10	5	75

Nichollshome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
19Madison SmithOH	3	9	11	43	-.047	1	0	0	9	0	4	2	11
15Harper HoldenMB	3	3	1	16	.125	0	0	1	4	0	4	2	5
5Maya SchirmerMB	3	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3
8Isabella PadillaS	3	2	0	8	.250	17	0	2	11	0	0	0	2
2Ava-Claire CalaisS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0
1Lizzie KraftDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
7Amelie ShalfoonOH	3	8	5	22	.136	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
11Natalia NavarroL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	3	2	0	15	2	0	0	2
16Mckenzie MitchellOH	2	2	1	12	.083	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.5	2.5
3Zahahrah Edwards-WyllieOH	2	1	3	8	-.250	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1
12Jenna CicherskiS	1	0	0	1	.000	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0
Team totals		27	21	115	.052	25	2	7	56	8	12	6	53

Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

LSU New Orleans vs Nicholls

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Thu, Oct 8, 2026Nicholls at LSU New Orleans · Nicholls won 3-1Result →
Thu, Oct 29, 2026LSU New Orleans at Nicholls · LSU New Orleans won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 UNO · NICHST 3

Set 1

25-15

Longest run 5 UNONICHST 3

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 4 UNONICHST 3

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 4 UNONICHST 3

Bars above the line = Nicholls leads, below = LSU New Orleans leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

LSU New Orleans

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	50%6/12
2	88%7/8	61%11/18
3	75%6/8	40%4/10
4	55%6/11	50%6/12
5	56%5/9	44%4/9
6	83%5/6	58%7/12
All	67%37/55	52%38/73

Nicholls

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%7/15	36%4/11
2	50%7/14	22%2/9
3	55%6/11	22%2/9
4	50%5/10	45%5/11
5	45%5/11	29%2/7
6	42%5/12	38%3/8
All	48%35/73	33%18/55

Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (3 of 3 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.

Rally log

128 rallies

#	UNO-NICHST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Olivia Bartrina	set Vladana Ristic	+1.5
2	1-1	UNO	NICHST	Serve err	Olivia Bartrina		+1.4
3	2-1	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Ava Frerman	set Vladana Ristic	+1.5
4	2-2	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Madison Smith	set Isabella Padilla	+1.4
5	3-2	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Armie Hall	set Rylie Hallman	+1.6
6	3-3	UNO	NICHST×3	Kill	Amelie Shalfoon	set Isabella Padilla	+1.5
7	3-4	NICHST	NICHST×3	Ace	Natalia Navarro	aced Olivia Bartrina	+1.9
8	3-5	NICHST	NICHST×3	Kill	Amelie Shalfoon	set Isabella Padilla	+1.7
9	4-5	NICHST	UNO	Attack err	Amelie Shalfoon		+1.3
10	4-6	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Maya Schirmer	set Isabella Padilla	+1.3
11	5-6	NICHST	UNO×4	Kill	Ania Anderson	set Defne Eciroglu	+1.4
12	6-6	UNO	UNO×4	Ace	Nyakuak Lual	aced Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie	+2.0
13	7-6	UNO	UNO×4	Ace	Nyakuak Lual	aced Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie	+2.3
14	8-6	UNO	UNO×4	Kill	Olivia Bartrina	set Defne Eciroglu	+2.4
15	8-7	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Amelie Shalfoon	set Isabella Padilla	+1.7
16	9-7	NICHST	UNO×5	Kill	Ania Anderson	set Defne Eciroglu	+1.9
17	10-7	UNO	UNO×5	Attack err	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie		+2.6
18	11-7	UNO	UNO×5	Kill	Armie Hall	set Rylie Hallman	+2.5
19	12-7	UNO	UNO×5	Ace	Rylie Hallman	aced Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie	+2.3
20	13-7	UNO	UNO×5	Ace	Rylie Hallman	aced Ava-Claire Calais	+2.1
21	13-8	UNO	NICHST×3	Serve err	Rylie Hallman		+1.2
22	13-9	NICHST	NICHST×3	Blocked	Armie Hall	blk Madison Smith, Harper Holden	+1.9
23	13-10	NICHST	NICHST×3	Blocked	Armie Hall	blk Madison Smith, Harper Holden	+2.2
24	14-10	NICHST	UNO×5	Kill	Olivia Bartrina	set Rylie Hallman	+2.1
25	15-10	UNO	UNO×5	Attack err	Madison Smith		+2.4
26	16-10	UNO	UNO×5	Attack err	Harper Holden		+2.1
27	17-10	UNO	UNO×5	Blocked	Madison Smith	blk Alana Pierce, Armie Hall	+1.6
28	18-10	UNO	UNO×5	Kill	Ava Frerman	set Rylie Hallman	+1.1
29	18-11	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Harper Holden	set Isabella Padilla	+0.5
30	19-11	NICHST	UNO	Serve err	Nicholls		+0.8
31	19-12	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Madison Smith	set Isabella Padilla	+0.4
32	19-13	NICHST	NICHST	Attack err	Ava Frerman		+0.8
33	20-13	NICHST	UNO×3	Kill	Nyakuak Lual	set Rylie Hallman	+1.0
34	21-13	UNO	UNO×3	Attack err	Madison Smith		+0.8
35	22-13	UNO	UNO×3	Attack err	Amelie Shalfoon		+0.4
36	22-14	UNO	NICHST	Serve err	Defne Eciroglu		+0.1
37	22-15	NICHST	NICHST	Kill	Amelie Shalfoon	set Natalia Navarro	+0.2
38	23-15	NICHST	UNO×3	Kill	Ava Frerman	set Vladana Ristic	+0.3
39	24-15	UNO	UNO×3	Attack err	Amelie Shalfoon		+0.1
40	25-15	UNO	UNO×3	Kill	Nyakuak Lual		·
Set 2
1	0-1	UNO	NICHST	Blocked	Armie Hall	blk Madison Smith, Harper Holden	+1.9
2	1-1	NICHST	UNO	Blocked	Madison Smith	blk Alana Pierce, Armie Hall	+2.0
3	2-1	UNO	UNO	Blocked	Madison Smith	blk Alana Pierce, Armie Hall	+2.9
4	2-2	UNO	NICHST	Attack err	Isabella Padilla		+2.1
5	3-2	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Armie Hall	set Rylie Hallman	+2.3
6	3-3	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Madison Smith	set Isabella Padilla	+2.1
7	4-3	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Ryan Williams	set Rylie Hallman	+2.3
8	5-3	UNO	UNO	Attack err	Mckenzie Mitchell		+3.2
9	5-4	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Amelie Shalfoon	set Isabella Padilla	+2.3
10	6-4	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Ryan Williams	set Nyakuak Lual	+2.6
11	6-5	UNO	NICHST	Serve err	Mia Lopez		+2.3
12	7-5	NICHST	UNO×3	Kill	Nyakuak Lual	set Defne Eciroglu	+2.7
13	8-5	UNO	UNO×3	Ace	Nyakuak Lual	aced Mckenzie Mitchell	+3.5
14	9-5	UNO	UNO×3	Attack err	Madison Smith		+3.5
15	9-6	UNO	NICHST	Serve err	Nyakuak Lual		+2.3
16	10-6	NICHST	UNO	Serve err	Nicholls		+2.8
17	10-7	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Harper Holden	set Isabella Padilla	+2.3
18	11-7	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Olivia Bartrina	set Vladana Ristic	+2.8
19	11-8	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Madison Smith	set Isabella Padilla	+2.3
20	12-8	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Armie Hall	set Rylie Hallman	+2.9
21	12-9	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Maya Schirmer	set Isabella Padilla	+2.4
22	13-9	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Ryan Williams	set Rylie Hallman	+3.0
23	14-9	UNO	UNO	Attack err	Amelie Shalfoon		+3.5
24	14-10	UNO	NICHST	Blocked	Ania Anderson	blk Maya Schirmer, Mckenzie Mitchell	+2.1
25	15-10	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Ania Anderson	set Defne Eciroglu	+2.8
26	16-10	UNO	UNO	Kill	Olivia Bartrina	set Defne Eciroglu	+3.0
27	16-11	UNO	NICHST×3	Blocked	Olivia Bartrina	blk Harper Holden, Amelie Shalfoon	+1.6
28	16-12	NICHST	NICHST×3	Kill	Mckenzie Mitchell	set Isabella Padilla	+2.7
29	16-13	NICHST	NICHST×3	Kill	Madison Smith	set Isabella Padilla	+3.3
30	17-13	NICHST	UNO	Serve err	Nicholls		+3.3
31	17-14	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Harper Holden	set Isabella Padilla	+2.5
32	18-14	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Olivia Bartrina	set Defne Eciroglu	+3.4
33	19-14	UNO	UNO	Ace	Rylie Hallman	aced Natalia Navarro	+3.6
34	19-15	UNO	NICHST	Serve err	Rylie Hallman		+1.8
35	19-16	NICHST	NICHST	Kill	Isabella Padilla	set Madison Smith	+3.2
36	20-16	NICHST	UNO×4	Kill	Armie Hall	set Rylie Hallman	+3.6
37	21-16	UNO	UNO×4	Attack err	Madison Smith		+3.5
38	22-16	UNO	UNO×4	Blocked	Madison Smith	blk Alana Pierce, Armie Hall	+2.2
39	23-16	UNO	UNO×4	Kill	Ryan Williams	set Rylie Hallman	+1.1
40	23-17	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Isabella Padilla	set Rylie Hallman	+0.2
41	24-17	NICHST	UNO	Serve err	Nicholls		+0.5
42	25-17	UNO	UNO	Ace	Vladana Ristic	aced Natalia Navarro	+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Armie Hall	set Ryan Williams	+2.1
2	1-1	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Madison Smith	set Isabella Padilla	+1.9
3	2-1	NICHST	UNO×4	Kill	Armie Hall	set Rylie Hallman	+2.1
4	3-1	UNO	UNO×4	Kill	Armie Hall	set Rylie Hallman	+2.9
5	4-1	UNO	UNO×4	Ace	Vladana Ristic	aced Lizzie Kraft	+3.0
6	5-1	UNO	UNO×4	Kill	Ryan Williams	set Rylie Hallman	+3.1
7	5-2	UNO	NICHST	Serve err	Vladana Ristic		+2.0
8	5-3	NICHST	NICHST	Attack err	Ryan Williams		+2.8
9	6-3	NICHST	UNO	Serve err	Nicholls		+2.5
10	6-4	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Madison Smith	set Amelie Shalfoon	+2.2
11	6-5	NICHST	NICHST	Attack err	Ania Anderson		+2.9
12	7-5	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Ania Anderson	set Defne Eciroglu	+2.5
13	7-6	UNO	NICHST×3	Kill	Amelie Shalfoon	set Isabella Padilla	+2.3
14	7-7	NICHST	NICHST×3	Attack err	Ania Anderson		+3.0
15	7-8	NICHST	NICHST×3	Ace	Natalia Navarro	aced Mia Lopez	+2.9
16	8-8	NICHST	UNO×3	Attack err	Madison Smith		+2.3
17	9-8	UNO	UNO×3	Kill	Olivia Bartrina	set Defne Eciroglu	+3.3
18	10-8	UNO	UNO×3	Kill	Ania Anderson	set Olivia Bartrina	+3.6
19	10-9	UNO	NICHST	Serve err	Nyakuak Lual		+2.5
20	11-9	NICHST	UNO	Serve err	Nicholls		+2.9
21	11-10	UNO	NICHST	Serve err	Rylie Hallman		+2.6
22	12-10	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Armie Hall	set Rylie Hallman	+3.0
23	13-10	UNO	UNO	Kill	Ryan Williams	set Rylie Hallman	+3.9
24	13-11	UNO	NICHST	Serve err	Olivia Bartrina		+2.6
25	13-12	NICHST	NICHST	Blocked	Alana Pierce	blk Madison Smith, Maya Schirmer	+3.7
26	14-12	NICHST	UNO	Attack err	Madison Smith		+3.2
27	14-13	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Madison Smith	set Jenna Cicherski	+2.9
28	15-13	NICHST	UNO×3	Kill	Ryan Williams	set Rylie Hallman	+3.4
29	16-13	UNO	UNO×3	Blocked	Madison Smith	blk Nyakuak Lual, Ryan Williams	+4.4
30	17-13	UNO	UNO×3	Kill	Laura Piva	set Defne Eciroglu	+4.1
31	17-14	UNO	NICHST	Serve err	Defne Eciroglu		+2.4
32	17-15	NICHST	NICHST	Attack err	Laura Piva		+3.8
33	18-15	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Ryan Williams	set Defne Eciroglu	+3.7
34	19-15	UNO	UNO	Attack err	Amelie Shalfoon		+4.3
35	19-16	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Amelie Shalfoon	set Isabella Padilla	+2.3
36	20-16	NICHST	UNO	Kill	Olivia Bartrina	set Vladana Ristic	+3.4
37	20-17	UNO	NICHST	Kill	Amelie Shalfoon	set Natalia Navarro	+2.2
38	20-18	NICHST	NICHST	Kill	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie	set Jenna Cicherski	+4.0
39	21-18	NICHST	UNO	Serve err	Nicholls		+4.3
40	22-18	UNO	UNO	Attack err	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie		+4.4
41	22-19	UNO	NICHST×3	Kill	Mckenzie Mitchell	set Jenna Cicherski	+1.9
42	22-20	NICHST	NICHST×3	Kill	Madison Smith	set Natalia Navarro	+3.9
43	22-21	NICHST	NICHST×3	Attack err	Derin Nur Aydin		+5.6
44	23-21	NICHST	UNO×3	Kill	Armie Hall	set Rylie Hallman	+6.4
45	24-21	UNO	UNO×3	Kill	Armie Hall	set Vladana Ristic	+6.5
46	25-21	UNO	UNO×3	Attack err	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie		+2.9

Score shown after each rally, LSU New Orleans first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

LSU New Orleans def. Nicholls 3–0

RallyIQ gave LSU New Orleans 22%. LSU New Orleans won anyway.